H. Res. 576 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 8, 2014. 

Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 10) to amend the charter school program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The first 

reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate 

shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 90 minutes 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 

to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of 

a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education 

and the Workforce now printed in the bill. The committee 

amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
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as read. All points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment 

to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

shall be in order except those printed in part A of the report 

of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 

printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 

and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not 

be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 

Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of 

the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 

the bill to the House with such amendments as may have 

been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in 

the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the 

nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 

passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

SEC. 2. On any legislative day during the period from 

May 12, 2014, through May 16, 2014— 
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(a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 

shall be considered as approved; and 

(b) the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

SEC. 3. The Speaker may appoint Members to perform 

the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 2 of this resolution as though under clause 

8(a) of rule I. 

SEC. 4. It shall be in order at any time on the legislative 

day of May 8, 2014, for the Speaker to entertain motions 

that the House suspend the rules, as though under clause 1 

of rule XV, relating to the bill (H.R. 4366) to strengthen the 

Federal education research system to make research and 

evaluations more timely and relevant to State and local needs 

in order to increase student achievement. 

SEC. 5. The Committee on Appropriations may, at any 

time before 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014, file privileged 

reports to accompany measures making appropriations for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. 

SEC. 6. During consideration of the bill (H.R. 4438) to 

amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify and 

make permanent the research credit, pursuant to House Resolution 569, the further amendment printed in part B of the 
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report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted at the end of the bill. 

SEC. 7. House Resolution 569 is amended by striking 

‘‘90 minutes’’ and inserting ‘‘one hour’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk.